Sep 07, 2024  
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CHEM 4342 - Environmental Chemistry


Three hours lecture. Three credit hours.

A survey of environmental chemistry. Topics covered will include the composition of the atmosphere and behavior; energy and climate; principles of photochemistry and atmospheric chemistry; petroleum and coal chemistry and associated environmental problems; chemistries of soaps and surfactants; halo organics and pesticides, water and air pollution (tropospheric and stratospheric), and connections to climate change; elemental and molecular environmental chemistry in the geological media; water cycle and water treatment; principles of nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry; nuclear environmental chemistry; and evaluation of energy sources that are sustainable. Students who have completed CHEM 4342 may not enroll in CHEM 5342. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as CHEM 5342.

Prerequisites: CHEM 3350  and CHEM 2310  with a grade of C or greater.



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